David A. Sasso, MD, MPH

Celebrating accurate representations of psychiatric issues and treatment in film and television from the past year.

The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Committee on Arts and Humanities highlights some exemplary representations of mental health issues in film and television.

As we slowly and cautiously work toward a practice where space can be shared between therapist and patient, perhaps Freud’s “walking cure” can be enlightening.

Creativity should not be seen as “optional” in psychiatry. Rather, it helps us to approach clinical problems in new ways.